Pontevedra (comarca)

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Pontevedra
Comarca Pontevedra.png
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of Galicia.svg  Galicia
Province Pontevedra
Capital Pontevedra
Municipalities
Area
  Total634.43 km2 (244.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2020) [1]
  Total125,280
  Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Pontevedra is a comarca in the Galician Province of Pontevedra, Spain, and centred on the city of Pontevedra. It covers an area of 634.43 km2, and the overall population of this local region was 15,625 at the 2011 Census; [2] the latest official estimate (as at the start of 2018) was 124,351. [3]

Municipalities

The comarca comprises the following eight municipalities:

Name of
municipality
Population
(2001) [4]
Population
(2011) [5]
Population
(2018) [6]
Pontevedra 74,94282,34683,260
Poio 14,27116,64217,073
Barro 3,4683,7133,623
Campo Lameiro 2,2352,0171,778
Cerdedo-Cotobade 6,9876,2455,697
A Lama 2,9472,8912,397
Ponte Caldelas 5,9215,7385,533
Vilaboa 5,7356,0335,919
Totals116,506125,625125,280

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References

  1. Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  2. Census at 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  3. Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  4. Census at 1 November 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  5. Census at 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
  6. Estimate at 1 January 2020: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.

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